Text of President Barack Obama’s news conference on FridayText of President Barack Obama’s news conference on Friday in L’Aquila, Italy, as provided by the White House: Obama: World has averted economic disaster but full recovery ’still a ways off’L’AQUILA, Italy — Lasting worldwide recovery “is still a ways off,” President Barack Obama declared Friday, but he also said at the conclusion of a global summit that a disastrous economic collapse apparently has been averted. Somali pirates seize Turkish ship in Gulf of Aden; Turkish warship races to areaNAIROBI, Kenya — Somali pirates seized a Turkish ship with 23 crew on Wednesday and are being shadowed by a Turkish warship in the Gulf of Aden, a shipping official and NATO spokesman said. Yemen: 8 bodies in Tanzania may be from plane crashNAIROBI, Kenya — Eight bodies that have washed ashore in Tanzania may be from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard, Yemeni authorities said Tuesday. Only one 12-year-old girl survived the crash. Black boxes in Comoros plane crash too deep for divers, French official saysNAIROBI, Kenya — Investigators have concluded that the black boxes from a plane that plunged into the Indian Ocean with 153 people onboard are too deep to be reached by divers, a French official said Tuesday. French divers, aviation investigators in the Comoros search for crashed planeNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says little debris and no bodies from the crashed Yemenia Airways plane have been found, but predicts that will change once the exact location of the plane’s black boxes are pinpointed. UN: Over 200,000 Somalis have fled fighting in Mogadishu since MayMOGADISHU, Somalia — Much of Somalia’s capital has become a ghost town as more than 200,000 residents have fled intensified clashes between Islamist insurgents and government troops, the U.N. and a medical charity said Tuesday. French divers reach Comoran plane crash site to join search for black boxesNAIROBI, Kenya — Speedboats whisked French navy divers to the site of an Indian Ocean plane crash on Monday to search for the black boxes belonging to Yemenia Airways Flight 626. French divers arrive at Comoran crash site as bitter families wait for anwersNAIROBI, Kenya — Speedboats whisked French navy divers to the site of an Indian Ocean plane crash to search Monday for the black boxes belonging to Yemenia Airways Flight 626. French aviation experts try to narrow search for Yemenia Airways black boxesNAIROBI, Kenya — French aviation experts set out in speedboats from the Comoros Islands on Monday, trying to pinpoint the exact location of the black boxes from a flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, killing 152 people. Searchers find body in sea off Comoros, but say it’s not from fatal plane crashNAIROBI, Kenya — A Comoran official says a body has been found in the Indian Ocean but it is not related to the Yemenia Airways plane crash that killed 152 people last week. USAID, Western Union offering $1.5 million to sub-Saharan African entrepreneursDENVER — A U.S. aid agency and Western Union Co. are teaming up to offer a cash boost to sub-Saharan Africans who live in the U.S. but have business plans back home. Guantanamo detainee’s lawyers ask court to force US to preserve detention spotsNEW YORK — Lawyers for a Guantanamo detainee charged with terrorism crimes have asked the U.S. government to preserve overseas locations where he was subjected to “physical and psychological ill-treatment” at secret CIA prisons known as “black sites” until they can inspect them. Kenyan security forces accused of torture in anti-militia operationNAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan security forces tortured hundreds of civilians and raped at least a dozen women during a three-day operation to disarm militias in the country’s remote northeast last year, a right group claimed Monday. Jay Shree Tea eyes gardens in Kenya, UgandaKOLKATA - Jay Shree Tea and Industries, a BK Birla Group company, is planning to acquire gardens in African countries like Kenya and Uganda, a top official said here Monday. Fleeing conflict from their country, Somalis create largest refugee camp in worldDADAAB, Kenya — The bloody conflict in Somalia has created the world’s largest refugee camp, with 500 hungry and exhausted refugees pouring into this wind-swept camp in neighboring Kenya every day, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. Islamic court in Somalia postpones amputations for 4 men, citing sweltering weatherNAIROBI, Kenya — An Islamic court in Somalia that sentenced four men to have a hand and a leg cut off postponed the punishment Tuesday, saying the sweltering weather could cause them to bleed to death. Islamic court in Somalia sentences 4 men to each have hand, leg cut offMOGADISHU, Somalia — A court run by an extremist Islamic group sentenced four Somali men on Monday to each have a hand and a leg cut off for allegedly stealing mobile phones and guns. The ruling prompted an outcry from human rights activists. African Union supports Somalia plea for foreign troops to help fight Islamist insurgentsADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — The African Union said Monday it supports Somalia’s plea for neighboring countries to send troops to help fight Islamist insurgents, but there was no indication the reinforcements would be forthcoming. UN: More than 1 billion are hungry around the world; economic downturn worsens the problemROME — The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world’s hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, U.N. food officials said Friday. Refugee survey finds fewer people fleeing violence, but conditions remain bad for many who doWASHINGTON — Fewer people sought refuge outside their homelands last year than in 2007, but the world remained an unwelcoming place for many who fled. Interpol compiling Somali piracy suspect database to help in prosecutions worldwideNAIROBI, Kenya — Interpol is compiling a database of fingerprints, photographs and other personal information on Somali pirate suspects to help fight piracy at sea, the agency said Wednesday. Kenya files piracy charges against 17 Somali men handed over by US NavyMOMBASA, Kenya — Kenya charged 17 Somali men with piracy on Thursday, a day after the U.S. Navy handed them over to authorities in this East African nation. Kenya files piracy charges against 17 suspects handed over by US NavyMOMBASA, Kenya — Kenya charged 17 Somali men with piracy Thursday, one day after the U.S. Navy handed them over to authorities in this East African nation. International Trade Union Confederation says 76 workers killed in 2008; most in Latin AmericaBRUSSELS — More than 200 trade unionists worldwide were killed, assaulted or threatened in 2008 for trying to defend workers rights, an international trade union group said Wednesday. US authorities bring the first Gitmo detainee to the U.S. to face trial in NY, Justice Dept. saysWASHINGTON — U.S. authorities have brought the first Guantanamo Bay detainee to the United States, flying him into New York to face trial for bombing U.S. embassies in Tanzania and Kenya, the Justice Department said Tuesday. The department said Ahmed Ghailani arrived in the early morning hours Tuesday after U.S. marshals took custody of Ghailani from his military jailers and brought him to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. More shipping companies hiring “shipriders” against Somali pirates _ but legal issues aboundNAIROBI, Kenya — There’s not a warship for miles, a small pirate skiff is speeding toward you and there’s no way the creaking tub you’re on can outrun the bandits. How long do you wait before you shoot? Obama’s aunt, fighting deportation, might or might not return to native Kenya ahead of hearingWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s aunt who is fighting to remain in the U.S. says she might or might not be heading to Kenya before her next deportation hearing. Such a trip could affect her immigration case. Airlines shares drop as economic data shake stocks, more carriers report less May trafficNEW YORK — Shares of U.S. carriers followed the broader market lower on Wednesday after the latest data gave investors more cause for concern about the nation’s economy. Delta Air Lines postpones flights to Kenya, Liberia; US needs more time to consider plansATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. had to scrap its much-anticipated inaugural flight Tuesday from the U.S. to Kenya because the U.S. government says it won’t allow the world’s largest airline operator to serve that route until security concerns in and around Nairobi are resolved. |
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